Practical Wisdom for Extraordinary Living
This was shared here on the blog by Laurie, back in May of 2007. She is also known as Libra Moon and is a poet and visionary of the highest order. Blessings to you, Laurie. ~ B. In the garden rags and broken bits, trailing paper ribbons, shards and excrement, weave a picture, a scene [...]
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A Night-Rain in Summer by James Henry Leigh Hunt Open the window, and let the air Freshly blow upon face and hair, And fill the room, as it fills the night, With the breath of the rain’s sweet might. Hark! the burthen, swift and prone! And how the odorous limes are blown! Stormy Love’s abroad, [...]
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Rice By Mary Oliver It grew in the black mud. It grew under the tiger’s orange paws. Its stems thicker than candles, and as straight. Its leaves like the feathers of egrets, but green. The grains cresting, wanting to burst. Oh, blood of the tiger. I don’t want you to just sit at the table. [...]
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Found on the incomparable Joanna Macy’s website. Blessings! A Warrior Has No Safety Net by Kirstin George I walk on the precarious edge of the new and the old, wanting to shed the locks and lies of a mechanical world, eager to dive into the smooth cool water of abundant life. ********* I am young, [...]
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The title of Byron’s poem was the quote bestowed on my mother in her high school yearbook. I would say they got it just exactly right. You are never far from my heart, but I always think of you when I hear this poem, Mom. I am especially thinking of you today. With love and [...]
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The May Queen is Waiting ~ Ruth Barrett (A huge thanks to Sierra C. for correcting this attribution that now makes SO much more sense!) The new earth quickens as you rise. The May Queen is waiting. Feel the pulsing ground call you to journey, To know the depths of your desire. The May Queen [...]
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Psalm 46 from Earth Psalms, a gorgeous, must-have, Earth-based reclaiming of the King James translation of the Psalms, by Angela Magara The Goddess is our sanctuary; Her embrace holds us night and day. We can be unafraid in the earthquake and Comforted in the hurricane knowing we are not alone. She is the river of [...]
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Hymn of the Forests by Fiona MacLeod (William Sharp) We are the harps which the winds play, A myriad tones in one vast sound That the earth hearkens night and day– A ceaseless music swaying round The whole wide world, each voiceful tree Echoing the wave-chants of the sea. For even as inland waves that [...]
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Such Singing in the Wild Branches by Mary Oliver from Owls and Other Fantasies: Poems and Essays Beacon Press, Boston, 2003 It was spring and finally I heard him among the first leaves— then I saw him clutching the limb in an island of shade with his red-brown feathers all trim and neat for the [...]
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Weather Report Suite Part II: Let It Grow Lyrics: John Barlow, Music: Bob Weir Morning comes, she follows the path to the river shore Lightly sung, her song is the latch on the morning’s door. See the sun sparkle in the reeds; silver beads Pass into the sea. She comes from a town where they [...]
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